Merry-go-round



' July 12, 1927.

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Our inventionrelates to and has :tor its main object to yprovide such an apparatus with driving means Which'can be operated manually by the passengers froml y seating means, jior rotatingthe merry-gofround; thereby avoiding the necessity of amotor o r other power.4 driving means, and production and operation.

Other objects and vadvantages; will appear Jfrom the following description taken in connection With the drawings, `in which,

Fig. l is top plan'vieiv of the invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof. partly in sec- Fig. 1; Fig.` 3 is an enlarged vertical section on, line 3-3 on Fig. 1; y Fig. 4 is a vertical detail section lon line 4-4 of Fig. a;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a detail section of a modilied form of manual means for operating the device, taken on line 6-6 on Fig. 8;

Fig. 7 is a detail section on line. 7-.7 on Fig. 6; Y

Fig. 8 is a cross-section on line 8-8 onV Fig. 9 is a horizontal detail section' on line 9--9 on Fig. 8. y

The form in which we have illustrated our invention comprises in general a stationary support with a frame rotatably mounted thereon, and passenger'carrying or Aseating means on said trame, With operating or propelling means adjacent said seating means Which is operable manually by passengers lo- .y

oii said seating means vtor rotating said cated frame. y

' The supporting means may be arranged vand constructed in anyv approved form or` manner, vbut preferably comprises a pedestal 1Q. of strongwood orV metal or similar suitableA material, Which is provided With a laterally extending bottoni lflange 13, .tatened on a supporting base 14 by means of suitashaft 16 extending centrally through said pedestal and through a .bearing collar 17 mounted in the upper end of said pedestal. The base may be formed ot intersecting members as shown or otherwise and can be anchored to the ground or floor in any suitable manner, and the pedestal is also adapted to be mounted directly on the floor by meansof its bottom flange 13 and shaft 16, if preferred. A gear 18 is a inerry-'goround i .reducing the cost ot rosnrn n. PULLEN, or onicaodaunwiminm n Finns, or ELMHURST, iLLNoIs.

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"fastened to the upper-'end of saidA pedestal slots 20, or the like..

by means oiI lugs 19 and and a ball-racehQl with balls or similar anti-Friction bearings QQis provided on the upper face of said gear. y n

Theorotatable frame may be made in any suitable torni, though we have shown it and prefer to provide it with radially extendingv arms or beams 24 which a're joined or intersectedr at the vcenter of the traineA and are heid properly spaced and re-inforced at such center by means oi' a top plate with a central hub 27 fitting in a ,suitable bore .iii the upper end of the pedestal 12, and with a ball-race to the ball-raise 21 on gear 18 and rotates on the balls 22.' Suitable bolts or similarl meansy arel used to fasten and retain said members 24, and 26 together in proper position; and a knob 29 is Jfastened von the top of shaft 16 which extends 'trom-the frame, to hold the member 2G and the supported frame .inv

proper position to rotatefreely on saidanti friction bearings Q2, a-threaded socket 30 being provided on the topof said knob for the insertion of the vpole 4o'ta canopy top orl similar protecting means. l

rllie iframe is provided Withfpassenger carrying means or seating means'l which may include oneY or more of .the different types orlinds oi" objects or means vgenerally used on .merry-gorounds ttor carrying passengers and which We have shown infthe :toim'of a seat', one ot said passenger carrying means being preferably placed adjacent'. the outer end of each arm or beai'irQAf; rllhe seats are provided With hand supporting` means which preferably extending forwardly 1trom upwardly, a brace bar the seat and then l 25 and a bot'V tom bearing member 2.6 which is providedvr 28 whichl corresponds' consist of a bar 3Q ioy 33 reinforcing the` l curved portion, and a handlebarv 3a being placed ink an eye formedat the top otsaid bar. The lower end ot said bar is preferably provided with an enlarged bearing portion 35 with which itis tastened'beneath the seat as. by means of screws 36, and a1 bolt 37 vis mounted in said bearing is Jfastened to said seat and in such ner as to prevent rotation passing through beam 24t'and With a suitable Washer and nut-38 enabling'said seat With the hand supporting means to'be faced or adjustedin any l on said beam, and then'to be fastened and firmly held in such position.

portion 35 before it a man` therein, said boltL suitable position or direction Means for rest-` ing shafts 5() and 43 and forcing beam, and a vdepending str ing and supporting the feet is provided adjacent each seat, and may consist of a pair of footboards 39 mounted means of` aJpai-r of diagonal straps 40 connecting the'endsof each board with said ap 4l connecting the'inner side of the board with said beam, 'or said foot rests other suitable manner.

Y 7e provide manual operating means adj acentone or more of said passenger carrying or'seating means', and which is operable by passengers from said seating means for rotating the frame on the pedestal. Ve provide this manual operating means in various forms, one form being shown in Figs. l to 4, and another form being shown in Figs. 6to 9. 1 Y

The form of manual operating means il lustrated in F igs. l to 4 comprises a driving shaft 43 mounted toA rotatein bearings 44 on brackets 45 fastened beneath the beam 24 by suitable bolts, and a pinion 46 is fastened on one end of said shaft 43 to rotate therewith and engages gear 18, while a pinion 47 is fastened on the other end of said shaft, suitable collars 48 being fastened on the shaft adjacent said bearings to prevent said shaft and pinions from shifting axially. A casing 49 is mounted beneath said beam, enclosing pinion 47 and the adjacent bearing and collars, and a shaft 50 extends through said beam'and through bushings 5l fastened on Aeach side of said beam, a pinion 52 being fastened to the lower end of the shaft and engaging lpinion 4'?, tened on the shaft bears on the upper bushing 5l tosupport said shaft vertically; A hand'pwheel 54 or similar hand engageable means is fastened on the upper part of said shaft 50 and is operable orrotatable by a passenger from the adjacent seat for actuatto travel around gear 18 and thus rotate the frame, the operator-s seat 3l being mounted on the beam with a disk 85 lixed to the seat and a bolt 37 and nut 38 as on the other seats.

Another form of operating means is shown in Figs. 6 to 9, which is also operated by hand by a passenger from the adjacent seat 3l which is mounted on beam 24, like the operators seat in the precedingl form, with a disk 35 and a bolt- 37 and nut 38; but instead of a straight driving shaft, a crank shaft 55 with two cranks 56 and 56 is mountbelow the beam 24-by inayrb'earranged in some while a collar 53 fas-V pinion 46 ed to rotate in bearings 44V on brackets 45 bolted under beam 24, and a pinion 46 is fastened on the 'end' of this shaft to rotate therewith (see Figs. 3 land-7) and engages gear 18, as described aboveV in connection with the preceding form. Handles 57 and 57 areV pivotally mounted on a bolt 58 fastened in brackets' 59 .whiehare bolted beneath said beam, said handles vbeing spaced 58- and being connected to said cranks 5G and by means of links 6l and 6l engaging vsaid cranks and engaging bolts (52 and 62v in the lower end of said levers.' A casing 63 encloses said cranks and links, the levers extending through slots in the top, and a foot rest or board 64 is mounted forward of'said casing on brackets 65 fastened to the beam.

The manual operating means has been shown as hand operated means in the two forms of our invention illustrated, but foot operated means may equally as Well be substituted and used in placel thereof.

It is apparent from the above disclosure that we have provided a merry-go-r'ound which is conveniently operated by passengers on the rotatable frame,and thus does away with the usual motor or power driv` ing means, and greatly reduces the cost of production and operation.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters. Patent is:

A merry-go-round comprising a stationary pedestal, a frame on said pedestal with a ball race on its under face, said frame including a radially extending beam, a gear fixed at the upper end of said pedestal and provided with a ball race on its upper face by a bushing 60 on said bolt 'to correspond to the first said ball race and having antifriction bearings therein for rotatably mounting said frame with said bearings upon said gear,Y brackets beneath said beam, a shaftournaled in said brackets and havii'i'g a. pinion engaging said gear beneath said frame, a seat'at lthe'outer end of said beam, and crank means and hand levers thereon, mounted on said beam7 at each side of said seat, and actuated by both hands or either hand from said seat for operating said shaft and rotating said frame on said pedestal.

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JOSEPH R. PULLEN. YVILLAM L. FIENE.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 

